Griffon men’s basketball, coached by Brett Weiberg, ended the season winning six of its final nine games to end the year 12-18 overall and 9-13 in the MIAA. After climbing into the MIAA tournament field in the last weeks of the season, Missouri Western won its first MIAA tournament game since 2010, 70-54 at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas.JAE_5467

The Griffons also made MIAA history as the lowest seed (11) to ever win an MIAA Tournament game. Guard Aaron Emmanuel was named Honorable Mention All-MIAA.